Woven carrier.



E. A. SISSON. woven CARRIER.

' APPLICATlN FILED JULY 9| 191 1,286,814. Patente Dec. 3, 1918. l 2 SHEETS-SHEET l Imi/@nafs n.: mns rusas m. mama. ummm. n L

` E. A. SISSON.

woven mmm. l APPLICATIOH FILED lULY 9.197.

- Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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EUGENE A. SISSON, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNIVERSAL PATENTS COMPANY, OF WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

WOVEN CARR-inn.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

Application filed July 9, 19,17. Serial N o. 179,349.

citizen of the United States, residin at Worcester, in the county of Worcester, tate of Massachusetts, have linvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Woven Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to theV accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation to pocketed carriers `made of woven material, on thevorder of those which are used for holding and carrying cartridges, packaged first-aid. supplies, etc.

The invention isv Iapplicable in the manufacture of cartridge-carriers, hospital corps belts, medical officers belts, and other carriers having various special adaptations.V

A carrier of the class to which the invention relates is made ordinarily in the form of a belt, or of a section of `a belt, the belt or respective belt sections comprising a supporting-band, a pluralityrof pockets which project from said band, and, usually,l pocketcovers or flaps which are connected fleXlbly with the band.

The invention consists in a carrier of novel and improved construction made up of parts which are composed of pieces of woven material that are fastened together to give them the required form and unite them.

Illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings, in which latter,-

Figure l is a view on the orderof a perspective View showing a portion of a carrier and representingone of the said embodiments. f

Fig. 2 isa view of a blank such as is used in making one of the pockets shown in Fig. l.

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show modifications in the construction of the supporting-band.

Figs. 6 and 7 show modifie/d reinforcements for the lower margin of the supporting band. f

Fig. 8 is a sectional detail View.. Having reference to the draw1ngs,-the supporting-band in. Fig. 1 has its opposite faces constituted atY separate thick-v The sepa-Y nesses l, la, ofv woven material. rately-formed pockets 2, 2, one of which is mostly Ybroken away in Fig. l, aremounted upon the face la. The supporting-.band is strengthened. .",alotng its lower' marginby means of a longitudinally-extending reinforce The bottom lineofeyelets 4, 4, de-

signed to4 receive the hooks of hangers, etc., for the suspension of various supplemental pieces of equipment are set in this reinforced portion of the band. The reinforcement provides for the better holding of the eyelets, and protects the said marginal portion from giving way or tearing under the strain that is applied at the eyelets.

To provide a housing-slit for the reception of the rearward attaching extensions 5a, 5a, of the pocket-covers or iaps 5, 5 the top marginal portions lb, lb, ofthe different thicknesses composing the upper portion of such band are secured together along a line 6 that 1s locatedA at a sho-rt distance below the top of the band. Prior to the application of the pocket-covers or iiaps the said top marginal portions l", lb, are not connected together above the line, and they are capable of being opened away from each other as far down as such line for the reception of such extensions between them. The bottom of the said housing-slit adjoining the line of fastening 6 serves as a stop which limits the depth to which the extensions may be inserted in-to the housing-slit in assembling the covers or flaps in connection with the band, and which also assists in keeping the covers or flaps in proper positions relative to the band untiland while thel said top marginal portions l", l", and the extensions 5a, 5a, be-

tween them are secured together by a line of bottom of the -'band and bringing the two thicknesses l, la, together. The reinforce is a narrow strip of woven material which is inclosed between the two thicknesses adj acent the said fold. The margin in which the bottom eyelets 4, 4, are set is stronger because of the fold. Therlatter incloses and conceals the adjoining edge of the reinforce, and gives a smooth finish to the lower edge of the supporting-band. The top margins of the two thicknesses 1, la, Kare inturned so as to reinforce the top of the band, produce a smooth finish, and hide the cut edges. The lines of fastenings 6 and 7 are stitches.

While it is, preferred that the reinforce ternally applied, as at 3e, Fig. 6, if deemed vmaking such pocket.

y together by vertical seams 2f, at

advisable, or if that be more convenientin practicein the case of some particular construction of carrier. Fig,V 3 show a reinforce which is an integral portion of the band, itV being constituted. by an infold of the lower portion of the latter, and being secured by a line of stitches 3%.

In. some cases the thicknessesfof woven' Y material constituting the different faces of the supporting-bandmay consist of separate pieces of such material fitted together, as in Figs. 4 and 5.V In Fig. 4 two selvaged webs l", l, are shown, with the reinforce strip 3C confined between their lower marginal portions. VIn this case, the upperV margins do not have to be inturned. Fig.' 5 shows two pieces 1d, ld, cut from a large web, both having the raw orcut top and bottom marging thereof inturned. A separate reinforce strinmay be employed in the construction of Fig. 5, asat 3f, Fig. 7, but in Fig. 5. a separate strip is omitted, and the reinforce is constituted by the inturned portions 8d,

3, at the bottoms ofthe two pieces 1d, 1d..

In some cases, other approved fastenings or means of connecting the various thicknesses together may be substituted for the stitches ofthe lines 6, 7 but stitches are preferred.

. The pockets may be, in general, variously made and attached to the supporting-band. The drawings show pockets embodying certain improvements ,constituting the invention that is covered by the divisional application filed October 23,1917, Serial No.'l98,08. The blank shown in Fig.12 is employed in The said blank is substantially T-shaped, it havingV the ftwo .opposite wing-portions 2", 2b, which are adapted to constitute the lateral portions or sides of the pocket, and the intermediately projecting portion 2d adapted to constitute the front of the pocket. The side-portions and front portions are bent upward at right `angles to the central portion 2e, which constitutes the bottom of the pocket, and the overlapping margins of the said sides and front are secured the angles between the side and front. The front margins of the sides 2b, 2b, are int'urned to conceal and protect their raw or cut'edges. The top of the pocket is bound with a` tape 2g jwhichincloses and conceals the raw or vc'ut top edges of the sides and front, and gives a smooth finish. The rearjmargins of the sides and bottom are doubledupon themselves t0 turn inward the raw or cut'edges thereof, and after the doubled margins have been outturned against the surface of the face la of the supporting-band the pocket is attached to the supporting-band, by stitches 8, or other approved fastenings,

be ex- 'of stitches Lat a distancefrom the to passing through the said outturned margins or flanges and the supporting-loand.` p

Fastenings of approved character usually will be provided fory --preventing accidental opening of the pocket-covers or flaps.V Fig., 1 shows 'coacting members 9,710, of devices of the' glove-fastener type. V-

What is claimed is Yl. A carrier comprising one or more pockets and one or more pocket-covers or flaps,

and a made-up supporting handhaving theV opposite faces thereof composed of separate thicknesses of` woven material equal or substantially equal in width tothe body-portion y of said supporting-band brought into juxtaposition aiid l fastened together by a line of applied fasteningV means at a distance from the top edge of the band so as to producea housing-slit and also produce adjacent the line of fastenings a bottoming stop which limits the entrance of the rearward attaching extension or extensions of the 3ocket`-cover'or covers into the housing-slit extension or extensions secured together by fastenings. i

2. A carrier comprising one or more pockets andv one or more pocket-covers 0r flaps, and a supporting-band having theV opposite vfaces thereof composed of separate thicknesvses-of woven material equal or substantia'lly equal in width to the body-portion ofk said supporting-bandv brought into juxtaposition and fastened together by a line of stitches at a distance from the top. edge of the bandso as to produce a housing-slit and a bottoming-stop for therearward attaching Y and positions the cover er covers, with thel sides `of the housing-slit and the.V interposed extension'or extensions of the cover or covers, with the sides of the housing-slit and the inter osed extension or extensions fastenedV with the sidesV ofthe housing-slit and. the interposedy extension or extensions Y fastened together. Y f

'4. A carrier comprising one or more pockets and' one or more pocket-coversv or Y.

apiece of wovenmaterial folded upon itself lengthwise of' the, carrier, having-pits juxtaposed portionsfastened Ytogether by a line edge of the band so as to produce a housing-slit and a bottoming-stop for the rearwardtattaching extension or extensions of the cover flaps, and asupporting-band composed of f or covers, with the sides of the housing-slit pockets and one Vormore pocket-covers or flaps, and a made-up supporting-band having the opposite faces thereof composed vof separate thicknesses of Woven material brought into juxtaposition, reinforced along the lower margin, with eyeletsy set in the reinforced portion, and fastened together by applied fastening means along a line at a distance from the top edge of the band so as to 'produce a housing-slit and a, bottoming stop for the rearward attaching extension or extensions of the cover or covers, with the sides of the housing-slit and the interposed extension or extensions fastened together.

Y 6. A 'carrier comprising one or more pockets and one or more pocket-covers or flaps, and a supporting-bandl having the opposite faces thereof composed of separate thicknesses of woven material brought into juxtaposition, reinforced along the lower margin, with eyelets set in ,theV reinforced portion, and fastened together by a line of stitches ata distance from the top edge of the band so as to produce a housing-slit and a bottoming-stop for the rearward attaching extension or extensions of 'the cover or covers, with the sides of the housing-slit and the interposed extension or extensions fastened together.

7. A carrier comprising one or more pockets and one or more pocket-covers or flaps, and a supporting-band composed of a piece of woven material folded upon itself lengthwise of the carrier, reinforced along the lower margin, with eyelets set in the reinforced portion, having its juxtaposed portions fastened `together along a line at a distance from the top edge of. the band so as to produce a housing-slit and a bottoming-stop for the rearward attaching extension or extensions ofthe cover or covers, with theV sides of the housing-slit and the interposed extension or extensions fastened together.

8. A carrier comprising one or more pockets and one or more pocket-covers or flaps, and a supportin -band composed of a piece of woven material folded upon .itself lengthwise of the carrier, reinforced along the lower margin, with eyelets set in the reinforced portion, having its juxtaposed 'portions fastened together by a line of stitches at a distance from the top edge of the band so as to produce a housing-slit and a bottoming-sto-p for the rearward attaching Y 1 extension or extensions of the cover or covers, with the sides of the housing-slit and the interposed extension or extensions fastened together. Y

9. A carrier comprising one or more pockets and Vone or'more pocket-covers or flaps,

and a supporting-band composed of a piece of woven Imaterial folded upon itself lengthwise ofthe carrier, and reinforced by a reinforce inclosed within the fold, and with eyelets set in the reinforcedk portion, and

having its juxtaposed portions fastened together along a line at a distance from the top edge of the band so .as to produce a housing-slit and a bottoming-stop for the rearward attaching extension or extensions of the cover or covers, with the sides of the housing-slit and the interposed extension ory extensions fastened together.

10. A carrier comprising one or more pockets and one or more pocket-covers or iaps, and a supporting-band composed of a piece of woven material folded upon itself lengthwise ofthe carrier, and reinforced by a reinforce inclosed within-the fold, and with -eyelets set in the reinforced portion,

having its juxtaposed portions fastened to- Y gether by a line of stitches at a distance from the 4top edge of the rband so as to produce la housing-slit and a bottoming-stop for the'rearward attaching extension or extensions of the cover or covers, with the sides of the housing-slit and the interposed extension or extensions fastened together.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y EUGENE A. SIYS'SON. Witnesses: Y

DELLA M. RHEAUME, A. LORETTA MATTIMORE.

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